Chang'an knew that this day would come. But when it really happened in front of her, it was caught off guard.

When He Sheng's voice came into Chang'an's ears with the faint breeze, she was much calmer than she thought.

The night was vast and quiet everywhere, only the sad voices of the palace servants were heard. Chang'an was dressed in a sedan chair, and she gently lifted the curtain and looked silently at the night of the Great Chu Palace. When the sedan chair was approaching Mingde Palace, Chang'an suddenly saw the burned Chonghua Palace.

Suddenly, she remembered the situation when she first entered the palace.

He was also sitting in such a sedan chair, Chu Luo sat beside her, her hands trembling slightly. He thought she was afraid, so he held her hand tightly in private and said in a deep voice, "Chang'an, with me here, you don't have to be afraid of anything."

With me here, you don't have to be afraid of anything.

Chang'an stood at the gate of Mingde Palace and looked up at the jade palace for the last time. In an instant, tears poured down.

The palace servants in the palace knelt all over the ground, and Chang'an stood in a daze, but saw Zhu Zheng walking to her side and whispered, "Empress, the emperor is awake."

The sadness in Chang'an's eyes was more than the other, but the voice was so calm that there was no slight tide of turmoil. "Thank you."

Chang'an lifted up his skirt, walked gently through them step by step, and walked to Chu Luo's couch.

She stretched out her hand and held his hand, and found that his hand was surprisingly cold. She had held his hand for a long time, and his palms were always warm and powerful. This was the first and only time, his palms were so cold.

Thinking of this, her heart felt sad and almost shed tears.

"Your Majesty, I'm here."

She lay beside him and called him softly.

This is the only time in many years that she did not call herself a concubine.

It was only at this time that she felt that she was still the Shen Chang'an she used to be.

Chu Luo opened his eyes slightly, and a gentle smile appeared on his face, "Chang'an, you are here."

With just this sentence, endless warmth and pain surged in Chang'an's heart. She snorted, as gentle as usual, and said softly, "They told me that you want to see me."

He stretched out his hand and looked for her hand to hold it, frowned and said, "Your hands are so cold."

This sentence almost forced Chang'an's tears out. She tried her best to endure it and silently lowered her head, "When I came, it was a little cold outside."

He sighed and said, "It's still spring cold now. You're afraid of coldness, so you need to add more clothes."

Such a familiar and warm tone, it seemed that he was still the prince of the old Lin'an mansion that year.

Chang'an lowered his eyes, but a tear slipped through the corners of his eyes inadvertently.

He took her expression in his eyes and sighed unconsciously, "I have not been sick for a day or two. It will be this time sooner or later. Why are you crying?"

Chu Luo raised his hand and wanted to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, but it was still difficult. When he touched her cheek, he couldn't help but smile, "Chang'an, I have been in a coma for so long, remembering many things in the past. I thought I had forgotten them, but now I think I'm still so clear."

She lowered her head deeply, tried her best to hold back the tears in her eyes, and smiled hard, "What has the emperor remembered?"

"I remember that when I was young, I was obviously the winner of my swordsmanship, but my father always praised my fourth brother for his intelligence. Later, I made a title of prince and settled in Lin'an. The landscape of Lin'an is the place I longed for all my life. I thought I could be addicted to mountains and rivers like this and live a free and easy life, but later, I met you..."

Chang'an listened silently and asked softly, "When you meet me, will the emperor no longer be free and comfortable?"

"I used to be a person, without any scruples, but after meeting you, you became my weakness. In addition to taking care of myself, the more important thing is you." Chu Luo opened his eyes, and his eyes seemed to be covered with thin coverings, hazy and shiny. "In Taoyuan Village, you lived the life of ordinary people with me. When you entered the palace, you were also by my side. A tree of peach blossoms in Chonghua Palace was planted by me. On the last night of the royal palace, I sat by your side and swear that there was only one person in Chen Chang'an in this life..."

Chang'an smiled slightly, but the tears were hazy, "It turns out that the emperor remembers it."

"But after all, I'm sorry, Chang'an, sorry..."

His tears fell on the back of Chang'an's hands, and a scorching pain ignited.

Her heart suddenly softened, and tears rolled down uncontrollably, "Your Majesty, it's my fault, it's my fault. If I promised you not to enter the palace from the beginning, we wouldn't have become like this..."

"Chang'an, stop saying such things."

She closed her eyes deeply, but couldn't help but choke in her speech, "In your heart, am I still the same Chang'an as before?"

He smiled slightly, his face calm, "You have changed so much, but in my heart, what I often think of is Chen Chang'an, who was wearing red military uniforms in the past."

Chang'an leaned beside him, crying, "But if you know what I did, you will hate me..."

He smiled indifferently, his voice was clear and smooth, "Why did you decide to tell me now?"

"If I don't say it, there will be no chance again. I don't want to live my life with guilt for you." Chang'an raised his head, his voice was extremely heavy, "I will marry you, first as a concubine, then as a virtuous concubine, a concubine, and finally to the queen. For more than 20 years, I am really not a generous wife. I can't see other women laughing by your side, so I did something sorry for you, Chu Luo, I don't ask you to forgive me, but if I don't tell you, I..."

"You don't have to say it, I know it."

She raised her head in a daze, "What?"

"Chang'an, I'm sorry." Chu Luo's eyebrows were hidden in a faint sorrow, and he said slowly, "No matter what you did, it was not your original intention. It was I that I would not be sorry for you. I have let you down, Yan Ji, and Changle down."

She opened her eyes slightly in her tears, "You know, why never say it?"

"Because I've always alienated you, but I keep thinking about you in the past." Chu Luo's expression was calm and gentle, and his eyes hit her gaze, but he couldn't leave. "I always wondered how great it would be if Chang'an could be as good as before. But I have always forgotten one thing. You have changed, and I have also changed. After all, it is not the deep love of the young mansion in the royal palace. But it was not until this last moment that I finally understood. No matter what you become, you will always be in Chang'an. I always love you, and there is no one else..."

Tears finally fell again, years of sadness and years of sadness, at this moment, Chang'an burst into tears, "But you betray me again and again, do you think I'm not sad? So many women are by your side, and you forgot everything you said in the past. I want to hate you so much, but I can't. It's obviously the first you I met, but every time the woman you love is not me..."

He closed his eyes quietly, and the eyebrows were as clear as water waves, "Chang'an, do you know what the last thing I regret in my life?"

The corners of her lips trembled slightly, "What is it?"

"I have had so many opportunities, but I always don't have the courage to take you out of here. Later, I missed it, and there was no chance again... But I am selfish." Chu Luo sighed softly, and he closed his eyes for a moment, and suddenly said in a deep voice, "I know you have changed your mind, but I still insist on keeping you by my side. Even if you keep your people, I seem to feel that you are by your side and have never left. The palace is not suitable for you, and you will leave sooner or later. It's all my fault..."

"No, no..." Chang'an's voice was anxious and frightened. Her eyelashes blinked, and two lines of tears fell, "Chu Luo, even if I hate you and blame you, I have never changed. Please don't say that..."

His eyes lowered, and the corners of his lips gradually raised a gentle curve, "That year, the two countries fought, and Chu was in danger. I stood on the city tower and looked at the country of Chu from afar. The one I couldn't let go of the most is you. The country was destroyed and the family was destroyed. I am a member of the Chu family. I can destroy it for the sake of the country, but you have to survive."

He turned around, took over her gaze, and smiled softly, "So I don't let my ninth brother go to war, and that's why. If there are really troops coming to the city, I can't protect you, but he can take you away."

"Chu Luo, stop talking, please stop talking..." Chang'an cried so hard that she grabbed a corner of the brocade quilt with both hands, and tears that could no longer be curbed suddenly fell, "Always, as long as you say something, I can go with you, and we can still live our previous life..."

"But we can never go back."

"Chu Luo, it's always your intention. As long as you say you can go back, everything can go back to what you used to be..."

"It's too late." He shook her hand and cried, "Chang'an, I've lost you."

That day, Chang'an only remembered that she had cried for a long time, so long that she could no longer hear any sounds around her. The dim sunlight in the sky shone into the window, and she felt it was dazzling, without a trace of feeling.

After a long time, his familiar voice slowly came into her ears.

She had heard such a familiar and gentle tone many times, but this time it was the last time.

"Chang'an."

"Um?"

"Do you still love me?"

"I've always loved you."

The smile on his lips was like clear moonlight, "That would be enough."

Before he finished speaking, his eyes gradually dissipated, and the strength in his hands was weakened little by little.

An imperial physician was stalking forward around him. The palace servants were busy and Chang'an fell to the ground, feeling that the world suddenly became dark.

She ignored everyone's obstruction and threw herself on him, crying and screaming, "Chu Luo, please, I don't want to stay here anymore. Can we go back to Lin'an? I beg you, please..."

Chu Luo's eyes were hazy, only tears rippled slightly. He tried his best to smile calmly and looked out the window with a dull look.

"Chang'an, look, the peach blossoms are blooming..."

His voice gradually lowered, little by little, and finally no more breath.

"Chu Luo!"

"Chu Luo!"

"The Empress..."

Chang'an slowly stood up, his feet softened, and he fell to the ground again.

A wave of sadness and grief surged into her heart, as if countless huge waves were surging and hitting her heart.

She looked at the peach blossoms outside the window from afar. This peach blossom was planted outside the Mingde Palace.

Thoughts were twisting and turns, she suddenly remembered that she entered the palace that year. She had her phoenix crown and red robe, held his hand tightly, and slowly walked through this peach forest.

He stared at her, with deep affection in his eyes, "Do you still like it when I gave it to you?"

She lowered her eyebrows and smiled slightly, shyly.

His smile was like the light of the sky clearing after the snow, and from then on, warmed her life.

The peach blossoms are still the same, but the old friend is not there.

The gambling book was so fragrant that it was poured on tea. At that time, I just thought it was ordinary.
Chapter completed!